EXPRESSING OCCURRENCE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC'S IN THE WAKE OF MAJOR CUT BACKS KAREN DREW HAS THE EXCLUSIVE. WE KNOW THE STATE IS FACING A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND CUT BACKS NEED TO BE MADE BUT TAKE A LOOK WHAT WE FOUND AND YOU DECIDE IF THE STATE WENT TOO FAR IN PULLING SECURITY GUARDS TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS. THIS IS THE RYAN REENTRY FASILLIT HOLDS PAROLE VIOLATORS PEOPLE CONVICTED OF FIREARM POSSESSION AND ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. CONVICTED OF HOME INVASION AMONG OTHER CHARGES. THEY HAVE IN SOME WAY VIOLATED THEIR PAROLE CONDITION. WHICH AS A RESULT PROMPTED THEM TO BE PLACED BACK IN A CONFINED SETTING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL. REENT REE FOR PROBATION VIERATE ORS AND 70 PRISONERS. YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WAS A SURPRISE WHEN THE CAMERAS CAUGHT THIS AN EMPTY GARRED CHECK. EMPTY SURVEILLANCE TOWERS AND EASY ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WITH NO ONE TO STOP YOU FROM GETTING IN AND THE SECOND FLOOR. ANYBODY CAN WALK IN IT THAT IS A BREAK DOWN IN SECURITY. THE DEFENDERS LEARN THE STATE PULLED MUCH OF THE SECURITY IN OCTOBER MAKE ITTING EASY ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND PARTS OF THE GROUND. NOBODY AT GATE. NOBODY IN THE GUN TOWERS. SECURITY HAS BEEN CUT TO THE BONE. THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR BY NOTICE THE LACK OF SECURITY AND ARE WORRIED. WE WALK AROUND IN FEAR ALL THE TIME. WE ARE LIVE NOTHING FEAR. ONE TIME THEY DID HAVE A BREAK OUT. I HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS THEY HAD A BREAK OUT, YOU KNOW. IT WAS AUGUST OF 1994 WHEN 10 PRISON ORS ESCAPED THE PRISON AF A SHOTGUN AND WIRE CUTTERS WERE THROWN OVER THE FENCE AND THEY BROKE OUT. THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOME OF THE E SCAPEES. HAD A GUN AND CAME TO MY BEDROOM AND SAID HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. NOW YEARS LATER RESIDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SECURITY MEASURES WOULD BE PULLED. THIS IS THE ONLY PRISON THAT HAS THIS LEVEL OR LACK THEREOF. I SAT DOWN WITH RUSS THE SPOKES PERSON FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT RYAN? THIS DESIGN IS NEW FOR US. WE BELIEVE IT IS SOMETHING NEW IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE NEED A JAIL BED WE CREATED OUR OWN JAIL. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE LACK OF GUARDS HE SAID. THERE IS NOT A STAFF PERSON AT FRONT DESK. HE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS A CONCERN. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. MARLIN SAID THE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM THOSE WHO WORK AT RYAN. WE ARE TAKING THOSE UNDER ADVISEMENT AND IMPROVE BASED ON SOME OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS. WE HAVE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN ORDERED. SOME GATE -- CARDS SWIPERS AND CAMERAS AND OTHER -- METHODS TO ENHANCE SECURITY THERE. WHEN WILL IT BE MADE? I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS WE WILL HAVE ENHANCEMENTS. CARD SWIPE WOULD BE USED TO SECURE SECURITY AT BELLING. NEWS OF THE CHANGES OFFER RELIEF FOR THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR BY BUT THERE IS STILL WORRY. COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LISTENING FOR THE SIRENS. KWHT SIREN GOES OFF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW A PRISONER ESCAPED. THE STATE SAY ITS WILL MAKE CHANGES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTH TO THE ENTRY OF THE BUILDING. UNION OFFICIALS SAY THEY WOULD LIKE A GUARD AT THE GATE. WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND

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